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CVE-2012-0018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0018 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Visio file, due to improper validation of attributes. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability poses a high risk, as it can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio_viewer:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio_viewer:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
25.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2507 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 81731
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-031
secunia.com / advisories/49113
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75115
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15606
securityfocus.com / bid/53328
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
US Government Resource